Publications

Under Review / submitted

Viana-Soto, A., Mense, J. A., Kowalski, K., Pauls, J., Gieseke, F., & Senf, C. (2026). Deep learning-based forest disturbance mapping for Europe using Landsat time series. Under review
Besnard, S., Viana-Soto, A., Hartmann, H., Patacca, M., Heinrich, V. H. A., Kowalski, K., Santoro, M., De Keersmaecker, W., Van De Kerchove, R., Herold, M., & Senf, C. (2025). Natural disturbances increasingly affect Europe’s most mature and carbon-rich forests. Under review. Preprint at: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-6288
Senf, C., Mohr J.S., Viana-Soto, A., Kowalski, K., Seidl, R., Huth, A. (2026). Gap expansion drives forest fragmentation under increasing disturbances. Submitted
Bakx, T. R. M., Pocull, G., Plumanns-Pouton, E., (…), Viana-Soto, A., Xu, Y., Zavattoni, G., Brotons, L. (2026). Forest disturbance effects on the abundance of European birds are mediated by forest cover, region, and habitat association. Submitted
Lecina-Diaz, J., Lloret, F., Triviño, M., Stritih, A., Hochholzer, K., Mohr, J. S., Muñoz Mazón, M., Coll, L., Dressel, S., Fustel, T., Hlásny, T., Honkaniemi, J., (…), Viana-Soto, A., Seidl, R. (2026). Identifying indicators of social-ecological adaptive capacity to forest disturbances in Europe. Under review
Sonnweber Mohr, J., Schattenberg, C., Potterf, M., Braziunas, K., Dollinger, C., Erhardt, A., Gégout, J.-C., Geres, L., Greiner, S., Grünig, M., Hlásny, T., Hochholzer, K., Huber, A., Kerber, J., Krueger, K., Lecina-Diaz, J., Mandl, L., Modlinger, R., Munoz Mazon, M., Pinto, P., Rammer, W., Richter, T., Seibold, S., Senf, C., Serra-Diaz, J., Stritih, A., Thom, D., Viana-Soto, A., Zou, J., & Seidl, R. Regeneration response to post-disturbance forest management in Central Europe.
De Keersmaecker, W., Verhegghen, A., Bertels, L., Senf, C., Viana-Soto, A., Verkerk, P. J., Zanaga, D., & Van De Kerchove, R. (2026). Mapping forest canopy height over Europe by integrating Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, GEDI, and ICESat-2 data. Under review. Preprint at: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2026-329
Senf, C., Wieland-Glasmann, F., Kowalski, K., Jakimow, B., Behrens, A.-K., Hanzig, M., Hänle, J., Heinrich, J., Hostlowsky, A., Maurer, N. B., Voggeneder, K., & Viana-Soto, A. (2026). A European forest disturbance database for robust area estimation and map validation.
Miguel, S., Viana-Soto, A., Ruiz-Benito, P. & Tanase, M. (2026). Mapping forest disturbance agents in peninsular Spain. Submitted
Viana-Soto, A. et al. (in prep. 2026). Mapping disturbance severity and recovery using unmixing across European forests.
Viana-Soto, A. et al. (in prep. 2027). Reburns reshape structural diversity in southern European forests.

Published

[20] Kowalski, K., Viana-Soto, A., Brandt, M., Ciais, P., De Keersmaecker, W., Fensholt, R., Pugh, T. A. M., Xu, Y., Senf, C. (2026). Accelerating biomass loss from forest disturbances across Europe. Accepted Nature Geoscience https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-02032-y

[19] Su, Y., Xu, Y., Zhang, X., Makowski, D., Pellissier-Tanon, A., Francini, S., Shi, T., Yu, K., Liu, S., Chen, H., Li, H., Chang, J., Chen, S., Yin, C., Besic, N., Brandt, M., Viana-Soto, A., Kowalski, K., Senf, C., d’Aspremont, A., & Ciais, P. (2026) Forest disturbances intensify land surface warming across Europe. – In press Nature Geoscience

[18] Schneider, P., Pellissier‑Tanon, A., Zhou, C., Ciais, P., Piedallu, C., Viana‑Soto, A., Lever, J., & Gessler, A. (2026). Rising tree mortality in France is associated with distinct seasonal climate anomalies. Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-74613-9

[17] Oeser, J., Kowalczyk, R., Kuijper, D., Neumann, W., Seidl, R., Senf, C., Reiner, R., Bluhm, H., Bonnot, N. Borger, R., Borowik, T., (….) Viana-Soto, A., (….), Sobczuk, M., Šprem, N., Sunde, P., Tamás T., Tracz, M., Wołoszyn-Gałęza, A., Kuemmerle, T. (2026). Increasing forest disturbance enhances habitat suitability for Europe’s large herbivores. Nature Ecology and Evolution https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-03096-0

[16] Miguel, S., Lines, E., Tanase, M., Viana-Soto, A., Senf, C., & Ruiz-Benito, P. (2026). Unravelling the spatial and temporal variability of natural disturbances in European forests. Journal of Applied Ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70344

[15] Viana-Soto, A., & Senf, C. (2026). Forest reburns are integral to southern Europe’s disturbance regimes. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 35, 2. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70198

[14] Potterf, M., Schattenberg, C., Krüger, K., Hochholzer, K., Rammer, W., Grünig, M., Braziunas, K. H., Dollinger, C., Erhardt, A., Gégout, J.-C., Geres, L., (…), Thom, D., Viana-Soto, A., Zou, J.-Y., & Seidl, R. (2026). Tree regeneration after unprecedented forest disturbances in Central Europe is robust but maladapted to climate change. Global Change Biology https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70734

[13] Espelta, J.M., Viana-Soto, A., Molowny-Horas, R., de Caceres, M., Selwyn, M., Banqué, M., Brotons, Ll., Lloret, F., Martínez-Vilalta, J., Piqué, M., Senf, C. (2025). Natura 2000 and non-protected forests differ on harvesting extent but not on wildfires and drought-driven decay: A long-term comparison (1985-2023). Journal of Applied Ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70282

[12] Viana-Soto, A. & Senf, C. (2025). The European Forest Disturbance Atlas: a forest disturbance monitoring system using the Landsat archive. Earth System Science Data, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2373-2025

[11] Miguel, S., Ruiz-Benito, P., Rebollo, P., Viana-Soto, A., Mihai, M. C., García-Martín, A., & Tanase, M. (2024). Forest disturbance regimes and trends in continental Spain (1985–2023) using dense Landsat time series. Environmental Research, 262, 119802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.119802

[10] Mandl, L., Viana-Soto, A., Stritih, A., Seidl, R., & Senf, C. (2024). Unmixing-based forest recovery indicators for predicting long-term recovery success. Remote Sensing of Environment, 308, 114194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2024.114194

[9] Viana-Soto, A., Okujeni, A., Pflugmacher, D., García, M., Aguado, I., & Hostert, P. (2022). Quantifying post-fire shifts in woody-vegetation cover composition in Mediterranean pine forests using Landsat time series and regression-based unmixing. Remote Sensing of Environment, 281, 113239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113239

[8] Moreno-Fernández, D., Camarero, J. J., García, M., Lines, E., Tijerín, J., Valeriano, C., Viana-Soto, A., Zavala, M. A. & Ruíz-Benito, P. (2022) The interplay of the tree and stand-level processes mediate drought-induced forest dieback: evidence from complementary remote sensing and tree-ring approaches. Ecosystems 25 (8), 1738-1753. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-022-00793-2

[7] Viana-Soto, A., García, M., Aguado, I., & Salas, J. (2022). Assessing post-fire forest structure recovery by combining LiDAR data and Landsat time series in Mediterranean pine forests. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 108, 102754. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2022.102754

[6] Moreno-Fernández, D., Viana-Soto, A., Camarero, J. J., Zavala, M. A., Tijerín, J., & García, M. (2021). Using spectral indices as early warning signals of forest dieback: The case of drought-prone Pinus pinaster forests. Science of The Total Environment, 793, 148578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148578

[5] Torres, P., Rodes-Blanco, M., Viana-Soto, A., Nieto, H., & García, M. (2021). The Role of Remote Sensing for the Assessment and Monitoring of Forest Health: A Systematic Evidence Synthesis. Forests, 12(8), 1134. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12081134

[4] Viana-Soto, A., Aguado, I., Salas, J., & García, M. (2020). Identifying Post-Fire Recovery Trajectories and Driving Factors Using Landsat Time Series in Fire-Prone Mediterranean Pine Forests. Remote Sensing, 12(9), 1499. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12091499

[3] García, M., North, P., Viana-Soto, A., Stavros, N. E., Rosette, J., Martín, M. P. … & Zhao, K. (2020). Evaluating the potential of LiDAR data for fire damage assessment: A radiative transfer model approach. Remote Sensing of Environment, 247, 111893. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.111893

[2] Viana-Soto, A. & Pérez-Alberti, A. (2019). Periglacial deposits as indicators of paleotemperatures. A case study in the Iberian Peninsula: The mountains of Galicia. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.2026

[1] Viana-Soto, A., Aguado, I. & Martínez, S. (2017). Assessment of Post-Fire Vegetation Recovery Using Fire Severity and Geographical Data in the Mediterranean Region (Spain). Environments, 4, 90. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments4040090